How Hannibal Escaped Annihilation By Lighting Animals On Fire

Inthe year 217 BCE, the eminent general Hannibal was facing a situation that was all too familiar to anyone who had attempted to wage war in Italy. He had led his army away from a victorious battle at Lake Trasimene to rest and recuperate in a valley outside of Campania. Hannibal’s army was safe for the moment, but it was surrounded on all sides by mountains and rivers. This was a situation that did not go unnoticed by the opposing Roman forces, who quickly marched and occupied all of the passes and river crossings. Hannibal was trapped. The Romans had every intention of starving the invading army out by trapping them in the valley over the winter. Forcing any of the steep mountain passes or fast moving river crossings would have been a military disaster. <a href="https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/how-hannibal-escaped-annihilation-by-lighting-animals-on-fire-801f2f39052f">Read More</a>